ARCTIC HEATING & PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS LTD
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.1k | £8.6k |
| Current assets | £7.5k | £18.4k |
| Cash | £3.1k | £11.9k |
| Debtors | £4.4k | £6.5k |
| Net assets | £2.1k | £8.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-06📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-08-05➖HOLMES, Barry Charles resignedsecretary
- 2019-08-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-07-02📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2017-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2013-07-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ARCTIC HEATING & PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS LTD
- 2013-07-04➕HOLMES, Stuart Jamieson appointeddirector
- 2013-07-04➕HOLMES, Barry Charles appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stuart Jamieson Holmes Individual · English · DOB 04/1989 · age 37 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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